In the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, Arrogate remains the unanimous top choice, while three-year-olds aren’t getting much respect from voters.
A pair of Grade 3 events – the Salvator Mile and the Pegasus – top the Saturday and Sunday cards, respectively, at Monmouth Park.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy had successful shoulder surgery this week but isn’t expected to get on a horse for six more months.
Grade 1 winner Yellow Agate and local hopeful Shimmering Aspen are the headliners in Saturday’s Alma North Stakes at Laurel Park.
Hansel, the Virginia-bred who took the 1991 Preakness and Belmont Stakes, has been euthnanized as a result of the infirmities of old age.
Grade 1 Manhattan winner Ascend and Belmont Stakes runner-up Irish War Cry came out of their respective races well, trainer Graham Motion said.
Talented Pennsylvania-bred Mor Spirit ran away to a facile score in today’s Grade 1 Met Mile at Belmont Park.
NJ-bred Irish War Cry gained redemption with a strong effort after disappointing in the Kentucky Derby, but Tapwrit got the money in the Belmont Stakes.
Master Plan rallied from last to take Saturday’s $50,000 Stanton Stakes at Delaware Park.
Power of Snunner earned her first win in nearly two years when she outlasted Martini Glass to take the Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park.
